Mental Health Atlas

Body

Mental health is physical. When the mind registers a threat, the body responds, and that response is something you can feel: a tight chest, a racing or pounding heart, shallow breathing, dizziness, a churning stomach, muscle tension that won't let go. These sensations are real, and they're produced by the body's stress response doing exactly what it evolved to do, even when there's no danger in the room. Worn-down, draining symptoms like deep fatigue or broken sleep work differently but belong here too, because they're often the body carrying the weight of anxiety, depression, or long stretches of stress. None of these sensations names a condition on its own. Use one as a thread to pull, and see where it leads.